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AN EDGE-of-seat thriller about a kidnapped woman whose life depends on a single call on an improvised phone line. It’s hairy stuff.
Kim Basinger is locked in an attic alongside a smashed telephone.
Being a science teacher, she sticks a few wires together and makes one random call for help.
The bad news is she gets beach-bum Chris Evans on his mobile and he enlists the help of a goofy old cop William H Macy, on the brink of retirement.
It isn’t exactly the US cavalry riding to the rescue and the baddies are menacingly led by tough guy Brit actor Jason Statham. There are shoot outs, car chases that cause carnage around LA and lots of adrenaline high moments.
Director David R Ellis in 2004 keeps up a brisk pace. The telephone gimmick is well-sustained and writer Larry Cohen is the same guy who scripted the oddball Phone Booth where a caller is trapped in a telephone kiosk by a sniper. Larry has a hang-up about phones.
Critic Roger Ebert said: “This is one of the year’s best thrillers. Better than Phone Booth and I liked that too.”
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